http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:21:05 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/19/201831.php#comment-24253 Truly the stinky cheese phenomenon - you have to wonder what evolutionary advantage selected it for such notable stinkyness 24253@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:21:05 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/19/201831.php#comment-24244 When I went to Thailand earlier this year, I saw the durian fruit. It has a spiny exterior. And yes, it smells horrible! Some people call it the "corpse fruit" because of its especially putrid smell. Many hotels in Thailand ban guests from bringing the fruit into their rooms. Supposedly the meat of the fruit is supposed to taste great, though. However, after smelling it time and time again while walking down the streets of Bangkok, I never wanted to taste it. 24244@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:36:50 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/19/201831.php#comment-24210 I say irradiate everything and let God sort them out. 24210@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:20:27 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/19/201831.php#comment-24160 a couple of years after i got out of college i was working at a fairly large software company...one day i was walking by a friend's office and could swear i smelled natural gas. turned out to be durian fruit cookies. i know the fruit is supposed to be just fantastic but , let me tell ya, that cookie was one of the foulest things i've ever tasted. i went downstairs to wash the taste out of my mouth with some nasty institutional cafeteria coffe. blech! 24160@blogcritics.org Sun, 19 Oct 2003 23:19:11 EDT